What happens when two champions meet outside their usual fields, yet within the shared space of lived experience? ‘Polvere e Gloria‘ (‘Dust and Glory‘) is born, the surprising musical union between Maestro Andrea Bocelli and Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner, to be released on 20th June.. This piece is more than a song: it is a conversation between generations, between different paths, equally driven by passion.
In ‘Polvere e Gloria‘, which blends Italian and English, Andrea Bocelli lends his warm voice to intense, solemn verses, while Jannik Sinner interjects with his own inspirational words, taken from both his winning and losing speeches of key games. Jannik recorded them especially for the track in the studio with Andrea, in Tuscany. Alongside the tenor’s lyrical voice, the athlete’s words are like life notes: “All you have to do is to be yourself”, “Improve every day”, “Talent doesn’t exist, it has to be earned” – words that have been used as Sinner’s own inspiration on his incredible journey to the top (Jannik is the first Italian to reach the world’s No.1 position in men’s singles).
Jannik Sinner says, “I am very happy, and honoured, to be part of this project with Andrea, who for 30 years has been a unique and extraordinary voice, a flag for our country in the rest of the world. I could never have imagined hearing my voice in one of his songs. It’s extremely moving.”
The song, written by Stephan Moccio, Giovanni Caccamo, Alfredo Rapetti Cheope and Maestro Bocelli himself, and produced by Pierpaolo Guerrini, is a tribute to the effort but at the same time to the beauty of the journey, to the “fine line that transforms dust into glory”. It is a manifesto of the smile as a response to the storm.
The evocative music video accompanying the track alternates between personal, archive images from the childhood and adolescence of the two protagonists and current scenes filmed in the Tuscan estate of Maestro Bocelli, of the pair spending time together.
‘Polvere e Gloria‘ is the unexpected but perfect meeting of two worlds that share the same code: dedication, authenticity, and love for who you have chosen to be.